Author: Tim Challies

Weekend A La Carte (September 11)

May the Lord bless and keep you this weekend as you serve him and delight in him. As usual, there are some Kindle deals to look at. (Yesterday on the blog: If You Could Go Back To Any Moment In Time…) Even To Old Age and Gray Hairs William Farley shares some thoughts on grandparenting. “Today’s influential grandparent recognizes that they face challenges previous generations did not. Old age is not respected, families are shrinking, and the desire to flee to …

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Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan)

This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Zondervan, who also sponsored the blog this week. They are giving away FIVE 3-packs of Bill Mounce’s NEWEST book Why I Trust the Bible, so you can do a reading group with your family or friends. Here is more about the book: We are often told we can no longer assume that the Bible is trustworthy. From social media memes to popular scholarship, so many attacks have been launched on the believability …

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If You Could Go Back To Any Moment in Time…

If you could go back in time and insert yourself into any point in history, even if only to be a proverbial fly on the wall, what would you choose? What moment would you wish to observe, or what event would you wish to witness? Would you want to watch God create the world? Would you want to see Elijah perform miracles, David compose psalms, shepherds hear tidings of great joy? As for me, I would have to think long …

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A La Carte (September 10)

Grace and peace to you on this fine today. Westminster Books has just put the excellent NSBT series on sale for those who need to catch up with some of the newer volumes! How a Divisive Nigerian Pastor Built a Global Following This fascinating article from The Guardian takes a look at the Nigerian prosperity preacher TB Joshua. “It’s hard to disentangle the facts of Joshua’s life from his self-mythologising. The official Scoan narrative is repeated in many online articles: …

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A La Carte (September 9)

Good morning. May the Lord bless and keep you today. Westminster Books has a collection of new and especially noteworthy books on sale. (Yesterday on the blog: My New Book Is Out: Knowing and Enjoying God) How To Make Sense Of The Conflict In Nigeria Oyewole Akande provides a helpful guide to the ongoing conflict in Nigeria. “The security situation in Nigeria is complicated to understand, even for those of us living in Nigeria. There are at least five separate but overlapping …

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